MAE Highlights
April 14, 2021
UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab, WowWee, and TI publicly debut MiP and BeagleMIP at CES
Two new vehicles from the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (Jan 7-10).
MiP is an engaging self-balancing Segway-like toy developed via a close partnership between UCSD and WowWee.
BeagleMiP is a highly-extensible linux-based educational robotics platform developed in partnership with Texas Instruments. Both will be broadly available this summer. For a thorough video interview covering both, click here.
April 14, 2021
MAE Seniors Showcase Their Innovative Designs
On Thursday, June 12th the MAE senior-level designing courses hosted a joint poster session in which Aerospace, Mechanical, and Environmental Engineering students presented the work they had accomplished in their capstone design courses. Read More.
April 14, 2021
Thomas Bewley featured in Design World Magazine
Professor Thomas Bewley and his lab’s work in inspirational and educational robotics, developed in collaboration with WowWee, is featured in the "Leadership in Engineering” segment of the January 2016 issue of Design World magazine. A link to the full story is available here:
http://www.robotictips.com/2016/01/1214/leading-through-collaboration/
April 14, 2021
The newest book by Dr. Vlado A. Lubarda, Topics in Solid Mechanics: Elasticity, Plasticity, Damage, Nano and Biomechanics, has been published
The newest book by Dr. Vlado A. Lubarda, Adjunct Professor of MAE, entitled Topics in Solid Mechanics: Elasticity, Plasticity, Damage, Nano and Biomechanics (450 pages), has been published by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts in its monograph series. This book was printed by the Obod Press (http://www.stamparijaobod.
April 14, 2021
20th Anniversary of Dynamic Systems and Control Program
On January 13th, MAE held a workshop in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of its Dynamic Systems and Control Program. This program’s achievements over the last 20 years include over 80 PhD students graduated, 23 books published, and 15 elections to Fellow of learned societies.
April 14, 2021
Professor Frank E. Talke receives the 2010 Tribology Gold Medal
Professor Frank E. Talke will be awarded the 2010 Tribology Gold Medal, "In recognition of his outstanding achievements in Tribology in particular for his meritorious work in the field of magnetic storage systems, ink jet technology and interferometric instrumentation."
Click here for more information:
http://www.stle.org/assets/document/Gold_Medal_Citation_2010.pdf
April 14, 2021
UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab wins “Best of What’s New” award in Popular Science
The SkySweeper robot, designed by Nick Morozovsky in the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab, has won a “Best of What’s New” award in Popular Science. Skysweeper is a simple V-shaped robotic design for power line inspection tasks. It has a motor-driven “elbow” in the middle, and "hands" equipped with clamps that open and close to move down a line in an inchworm motion.
April 14, 2021
James Friend receives the Carl Hellmuth Hertz mid-career achievement award
James Friend received the Carl Hellmuth Hertz mid-career achievement award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at its annual International Ultrasonics Symposium held in Taipei Taiwan 20-24 October 2015,
"For substantial contributions to understanding the interactions between acoustic waves and fluids and the myriad applications arising from these interactions", in recognition of his years of effort in this discipline that has led to its establishment as a major research activity across the world.
April 14, 2021
Dr. Frank Talke has received the 2012 ASME/ISPS Distinguished Institution Award
Dr. Frank Talke, Distinguished Professor of MAE, has received the 2012 ASME/ISPS Distinguished Institution Award for his dedication to the information storage and processing Systems Division and for excellence in research and contributions to the data storage industry.
April 13, 2021
Dr. Chris McGuffey awarded Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Grant
Dr. McGuffey's project, titled Dynamics of high-intensity laser-driven proton beam transport in solid density materials was among 42 nationwide selected for funding by the program. Dr. McGuffey is a member of High Energy Density Physics Group led by Professor Farhat Beg in the Jacobs School of Engineering. The project will investigate transport of proton beams produced by high intensity lasers.